1970 – Two sisters depart by boat for a visit to the communities located in river areas of Maues.
2nd December 1988: sr. Silvana Lobo and Sr. Elizabeth Manimalakunnel arrive in Wataluma,
October 1971 to March 1972. Mother Igilda Rodolfi is seen escorted by Sr. Rita Maggioni, the then Delegate Superior to India, for a visit at St. Mary’s Leprosy Centre, Bhimavaram. The inmates of the hospital are seen conversing with Mother.
Sr. Gianna in Mansoa, in 1993 recounted this photo. He was drinking the coconut wine offered by the men who had just harvested it.
In 1968, the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate opened a community in London, where the sisters could prepare themselves for the mission in Asia. Meanwhile, the sisters took care of a small, multi-ethnic kindergarten. They also worked in the Parish and took advantage of opportunities for missionary animation in England.
On the night of October 28 in Gudivada, India, a strong cyclone broke out... Our sisters, who have recently arrived in India, find themselves living the emergency together with their people.
On 1 October 2020, in the provincial house of Dhaka – Mirpur, Bangladesh, with the presence of Bishop Emeritus Mons. Theotonius Gomes, Sr. Christina Lakra celebrated 50 years of religious and missionary consecration in the Missionaries of the Immaculate. We join her in thanking God for the gift of her life and vocation!
From day one of my destination to Papua New Guinea until I arrive there I would keep repeating to myself, “Get ready to be born again, because a missionary, irrespective of the place she goes, can produce hundred fold only if she knows to die to self.” My mission preparations had been a long journey. Being in Italy as a student cum member of the International and Inter cultural communities I c...
19 December 2021- the day of my Perpetual Profession to be stamped forever and ever in my memory. To be the eternal spouse of Christ and to be the permanent member of MSI family were the apparent peculiarities of this day. The celebration was simple and sober, organised in my home town parish at Budoya in the diocese of Alotau. Sisters and candidates from Watuluma and Alotau, along with my friends...
A New Song to the Lord: In Memory of Sr. Benigna 17/07/2026
Sr. Filomena Alicandro: a life donated to Bangladesh 15/07/2026
Sr Stefania, a missionary amongst the Sateré-Maué people of the Amazon 15/07/2026
“See you in Heaven” – that’s how Sr Giacomina, the “Universal Sister”, bid us farewell 02/07/2026
Like Incense Perfuming the Desert: My Experience in Tunisia 26/06/2026
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